Martin Albert Frédéric Terrier (born 4 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as winger or forward for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

Martin Terrier
Terrier with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Full name Martin Albert Frédéric Terrier[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Armentières, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Number 11
Youth career
2003–2004 SC Bailleul
2004–2016 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Lille B 29 (6)
2016–2018 Lille 11 (1)
2017–2018Strasbourg (loan) 25 (3)
2018–2020 Lyon 55 (10)
2020–2024 Rennes 111 (46)
2023 Rennes B 1 (0)
2024– Bayer Leverkusen 8 (1)
International career
2017 France U20 4 (1)
2017–2019 France U21 13 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Terrier played over 200 games and scored over 60 goals in Ligue 1 for Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon and Rennes. He joined the last two clubs for €11 million and €12 million, respectively.

Club career

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Lille

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Terrier with Lille in 2016

Born in Armentières in 1997, Terrier started his football career with SC Bailleul youth team. He moved to Lille in 2004.[3]

In 2016, Terrier was called up for the Lille first team. On 22 October, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Bastia at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, replacing Yves Bissouma in the 84th minute.[4] On 14 December, he played the full match in the round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue in a 3–1 away defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.[5] On 7 January 2017, he scored his first professional goal in the 90th minute of a 4–1 home win in the round of 64 of Coupe de France, against Excelsior.[6] On 29 April, he scored his first goal in Ligue 1, as a substitute, in the 75th minute of a 3–0 away win over Montpellier.[7]

On 18 August 2017, Terrier was signed by fellow Ligue 1 side Strasbourg on a season-long loan deal. On 27 August, he made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against Guingamp, playing the full match.[8] On 30 September, he scored his first goal as a substitute in the second minute of added time, in a 1–1 away draw against Dijon.[9]

Lyon

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On 26 January 2018, Terrier was sold by Lille to Lyon for €11 million, with a potential €4 million addition, with Lille keeping 10% of a future fee. He signed until the summer of 2022. Lyon loaned him straight back to Strasbourg so that he would finish his deal there.[10] He scored on his debut for Lyon, opening a 2–0 home win over Strasbourg on 24 August.[11]

He scored his first European goal on 2 October 2019 in a 2–0 win at RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League group stage, starting ahead of Moussa Dembélé and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde.[12]

Rennes

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On 6 July 2020, Rennes announced that Terrier had signed a five-year contract with the club, for a reported €12 million plus bonus fees.[13][14] He made his debut on 22 August, playing the full 90 minutes of the season opener away to his former club Lille;[15] a week later he was sent off in a 2–1 home win over Montpellier.[16] He opened his account on 16 October with the first goal of a 1–1 draw at Dijon, eventually finishing the season with nine goals, including two at home to the same opponents in a 5–1 win on 25 April 2021.[17][18]

In 2021–22, Terrier scored his first goal in the third match on 22 August, the only one of a Derby Breton win over Nantes at Roazhon Park.[19] On 5 December, he scored his first hat-trick in a 5–0 win at Saint-Étienne.[20] The season was the most prolific of his career with 21 goals, joint third in the league behind Kylian Mbappé and Wissam Ben Yedder and equal to Moussa Dembélé.[21] He was the UNFP Player of the Month for March and made the Team of the Year.[22][23]

Terrier scored his ninth goal of the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season to open a 2–1 home win over Nice on 2 January 2023, but suffered a right-knee anterior cruciate ligament injury through a collision with Jordan Lotomba, thereby being ruled out for the rest of the season.[24] Previously, on 16 October, he scored two headers in a 3–2 home win over his former club Lyon, whom Laurent Blanc was managing for the first time.[25]

On 5 October 2023, Terrier returned in a 1–0 loss away to Villarreal in the UEFA Europa League group stage. He came on with nine minutes remaining and missed a penalty in added time.[26]

Bayer Leverkusen

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On 18 July 2024, Bayer Leverkusen announced that Terrier had signed a five-year contract with the club, for a reported fee of around €20 million.[27]

International career

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Uncapped, Terrier was chosen by France under-20 for the 2017 FIFA World Cup in South Korea.[28] On his debut on 22 May in the first group game, he came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Jean-Kévin Augustin, and 15 minutes later scored the final goal of a 3–0 win over Honduras.[29] He played each other game of a run to the last 16, including the entirety of the final group game in which the French won 2–0 against New Zealand.[30]

Terrier made his under-21 debut on 5 September 2017, in a 4–1 win over Kazakhstan in Le Mans, in 2019 UEFA European Championship qualification. On in the 57th minute for Adama Diakhaby, he scored a hat-trick.[31] In his next three games, he scored once against Montenegro from the bench, twice as a starter against Luxembourg and again at home to Bulgaria, thereby scoring all seven of his under-21 goals in the first four of his 13 games.[32][33][34]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 October 2024[35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lille B 2015–16 CFA 2 17 2 17 2
2016–17 CFA 12 4 12 4
Total 29 6 29 6
Lille 2016–17 Ligue 1 11 1 3 1 1 0 15 2
Strasbourg (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 25 3 3 1 1 0 29 4
Lyon 2018–19 Ligue 1 32 9 5 1 2 1 3[c] 0 42 11
2019–20 Ligue 1 23 1 4 3 3 1 5[c] 1 35 6
Total 55 10 9 4 5 2 8 1 77 17
Rennes 2020–21 Ligue 1 34 9 1 0 3[c] 0 38 9
2021–22 Ligue 1 37 21 1 0 8[d] 0 46 21
2022–23 Ligue 1 16 9 0 0 6[e] 3 22 12
2023–24 Ligue 1 24 7 4 1 7[e] 1 35 9
Total 111 46 6 1 24 4 141 51
Rennes B 2023–24 Championnat National 3 1 0 1 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2024–25 Bundesliga 8 1 0 0 3[c] 0 1[f] 0 12 1
Career total 240 67 21 7 7 2 35 5 1 0 304 81
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

Honours

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Lyon

Bayer Leverkusen

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Martin Terrier". Stade Rennais F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ Caenen, Simon (26 June 2016). "Bailleul : Martin Terrier, 19 ans, devient joueur professionnel au LOSC" [Bailleul: Martin Terrier, 19 years old, becomes a professional player for Lille OSC]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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  10. ^ "Lyon officialise Martin Terrier, acheté à Lille mais qui reste en prêt à Strasbourg" [Lyon confirm Martin Terrier, bought from Lille but staying on loan at Strasbourg]. L'Équipe (in French). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Martin Terrier and Bertrand Traore give Lyon victory over Strasbourg". Border Counties Advertizer. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  12. ^ Rolinger, Mathieu (3 October 2019). "Sylvinho, le soleil se lève ǎ l'Est" [Sylvinho, the sun rises in the East] (in French). So Foot. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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  14. ^ "Martin Terrier est Rennais!" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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  20. ^ "Terrific Terrier fires Rennes past Saint-Etienne". Ligue 1. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  21. ^ Davey, L. (22 May 2022). "Top scorer: Mbappé takes the crown". Ligue 1. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Martin Terrier, joueur du mois de mars de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats !" [Martin Terrier, player of the month for Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  23. ^ a b "L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1 aux trophées UNFP avec un trio d'attaque Terrier-Ben Yedder-Mbappé". L'Équipe (in French). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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  26. ^ "Villarreal-Rennes: un retour cruel pour Terrier, qui a manqué un penalty pour son retour neuf mois après sa blessure" [Villarreal-Rennes: a cruel return for Terrier, who missed a panelty on his return nine months after his injury] (in French). RMC Sport. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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  29. ^ "France 3–0 Honduras" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  30. ^ "Nouvelle Zélande 0–2 France" [New Zealand 0–2 France] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  31. ^ "Euro Espoirs: les Bleuets laborieux mais victorieux du Kazakhstan" [U-21 Euros: Les Bluets workmanlike but victorious against Kazakhstan]. L'Express (in French). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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  34. ^ "La France perce le coffre bulgare" [France pierce the Bulgarian chest]. Le Progrès (in French). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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  39. ^ "Martin Terrier, joueur du mois de janvier de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats!" [Martin Terrier, Ligue 1 Uber Eats player of the month for January!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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